2012-2013学年度第一学期
高二年级期中考试英语试卷
（时间100分钟 满分 100分）
I. 单项选择 （共15小题, 每小题1分, 共15分）
从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。并 在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
1. ——Will you be free this afternoon?
——_____________. I’ll have to check my schedule. A. You’re right B. I’m not sure C. You must be kidding D. I agree with you.
2. Some old people don’t like the music of the Beatles because they can’t _________ so much noise.
A. reject B. suspect C. tolerate D. defeat
3. I might be away for an important meeting next week. ________, I won’t be able to attend your wedding ceremony.
A. If so B. If ever C. If anything D. If not
4. _______ number of people poured into the cinema, and I lost ___________ sight of Alice in the crowd.
A. The; 不填 B. A; 不填 C. The; 不填 D. A; 不填
5. _____________ Jodie, who hurt her leg in the game, all the other children were fine.
A. Apart from B. Because of C. Instead of D. Rather than
6. Is there any possibility ___________ he will recover from his injury in time for the race?
A. which B. where C. that D. what
7. A crowd of fans was already waiting outside, ____________ to see the singer. A. eager B. cautious C. concerned D. delighted
8. Your picture are so good--- you could ___________ painting as a profession. A. break down B. concentrate on C. leave out D. take up 9. As the temple __________, it was impossible for tourists to visit it. A. would construct B. was being constructed. C. has been constructed D. is constructing
10. I spilled my drink _________, for I needed an excuse to leave the room. A. fortunately B. roughly C. constantly D. deliberately
11. When the company was informed ______ the problem we were experiencing, it took immediate steps to help us.
A. with B. for C. of D. on
12. ____________ for not arriving on time, Sara was in low spirits. A. Blaming B. Blamed C. To blame D. Having blamed
13. It was a sunny afternoon, and Jim suggested that we ____________ on a trip to the beach.
A. go B. would go C. went D. was going
14. In a job interview don’t say anything negative about your present employer--- it
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makes a bad ___________ on the interviewers.
A. expression B. conclusion C. impression D. appearance 15. ——Did you get what the teacher said?
—— No. So softly ___________ that I could hardly hear her.
A. spoke she B. she spoke C. did she speak D. she did speak II. 完形填空 (共20小题, 每小题1分, 共20分)
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.
One Friday, 12-year-old Janet was going to stay all night with her friend Amy. They had to 16 Mr. Dawson’s house on the way to Amy’s house. As they got 17 , Janet saw him sitting in his front yard and 18 they should cross over to the other side of the street. Janet was 19 of the strange old man because of the stories she’d heard about him.
Amy said not to 20 . Still, Janet was growing more nervous with each step closer to the old man’s house. When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his usual frown （皱眉头）, 21 when he saw it was Amy, a broad 22 changed his entire face as he said, “ Hello Miss Amy. I see you’ve got a little 23 with you today.”
Amy smiled back and told him Janet was staying 24 and they were going to listen to music and play games. Dawson said that sounded 25 , and gave them each a freshly picked 26 off his tree.
When they 27 Dawson’s house, Janet asked Amy, “How come he was so 28 to us?”
Amy 29 that when she first started walking past his house he wasn’t very 30 and she was afraid of him, but she 31 he was wearing an invisible （看不见的）smile and so she 32 smiled back at him. After some time, he started smiling real smiles and then started 33 to her. Now he always 35 her an apple, and was always very kind.
Smiles are contagious （感染他人的）. If you pretend he is smiling an invisible smile at you and you smile back at him, 35 he will really smile. 16. A. go into B. take up C. walk by D. tear down. 17. A. far B. fast C. inside D. close
18. A. announced B. suggested C. ordered D. predicted 19. A. fond B. ashamed C. proud D. scared 20. A. cry C. worry C. return D. speak
21. A. Instead B. Besides C. Therefore D. However 22. A. smile B. joke C. accent D. idea 23. A. doll B. friend C. gift D. pet
24. A. there B. indoors C. overnight D. here 25. A. great B. strange C. simple D. dull 26. A. banana B. orange C. pear D. apple 27. A. entered B. left C. visited D. saw 28. A. fair B. nice C. rude D. open
29. A. explained B. thought C. doubted D. realized 30. A. happy B. famous C. friendly D. popular
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31. A. remembered B. pretended C. asked D. agreed 32. A. ever B. seldom C. never D. always.
33. A. turning B. referring C. talking D. complaining 34. A. awarded B. offered C. lent D. bought
35. A. more or less B. now and again C. here and there D. sooner or later III. 阅读理解（共15小题, 每小题2分, 共30分）
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.
A
Claressa, now 17, started boxing when she was just 11. She was inspired by her dad, who had been a fighter when he was younger. But when she first told her dad that she wanted to box, he said, “No! No! Boxing is a man’s sport.” It made Claressa so mad. Claressa wouldn’t back down. “I wanted to fight. I knew that whatever I put my heart and my work into, I was going to be successful at it,” she says.
Finally, her dad took her to the boxing gym to start training. She was the only girl. Claressa now has a boxing record of 23 wins and zero losses. “I think you’re right,” her dad told her not long ago. He’s proud that she proved him wrong.
Boxing can be dangerous. How does Claressa feel when she steps into the boxing ring（拳击场）? “I’m not nervous. And I’ve never gotten into the ring thinking that a girl can beat me,” she says.
But Claressa takes the competitions seriously. “I always tell myself it’s going to be harder than I think,” she says. “I fight them all like they are world champions. If I think it’s going go be easy, I’m done!”
Claressa will need all her confidence this month. From May 9 to May 20, she will be in China. There, she’ll fight in the Women’s World Boxing Championships.
Claressa must place in the top eight in her weight class out of all the women boxers in the world. Otherwise she can’t go to the Olympics, even though she’s on the U.S. Olympic team.
We asked Claressa to imagine stepping into the ring at the Olympics. Would it feel any different from her other fights? “No,” she says. “Just a fight. Just another girl in my way.”
36. When Claressa first told her father she wanted to be a boxer, he ___________. A. kept silent B. didn’t support her
C. took her to start training D. gave her some useful advice
37. When Claressa steps into the boxing ring, she is ____________. A. violent and wild B. proud and relaxed C. serious and patient D. confident and calm
38. What can we learn about Claressa from the text? ___________ A. She loves China greatly.
B. She will take part in the Olympics.
C. She has the best boxing record in the world. D. She is a member of the U.S. Olympic team.
39. What’s the best title for this text? _____________ A. A fashionable lifestyle B. Fighting for her dream.
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C. Being a successful woman D. A future Olympic champion
B
What do John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and John Lennon have in common? Well, apart from the fact that all three were shot, they all have airports named after them. JFK is in New York. Ronald Reagan Airport is in Washington DC. And John Lennon Airport is in Liverpool.
In fact, quite a few royals also get an airport. Princess Julian Airport is on the Dutch island of Saint Martin, and Queen Beatrix Airport is on Aruba. President George Bush had Houston International, and Gerald Ford gets a small airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The world of entertainment had done quite well, too. New Orleans has its airport named after the jazz star Louis Armstrong. US film star John Wayne is getting an airport in Santa Ana, California. The Italians play tribute to pioneering figures Christopher Columbus and Leonardo da Vince at airports in Genoa and Rome. Both are surely worth an airport, even if neither ever actually flew.
So, what’s the world’s busiest airport? For many years, London’s Heathrow Airport had this title, but this is now argued. Although Heathrow does have the largest number of international passengers every year, Frankfurt Airport flies to the most international destinations, however, the airport with the most passengers and flights is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the U.S., which serviced 88 million passengers and 970,235 fights in 2009.
The world’s largest airport is also a fiercely contested title. Riyadh’s King Khalid international Airport covers 484 square miles, and is now regarded as the champion. However, first place is about to pass to the Dubai World Central-AlMaktoum International Airport, which has been open to passenger traffic since 2011, although it won’t be fully complete until 2013. it’ll be about to meet the needs of 160 million passengers per year with its four terminals （候机厅）and five runways.
What about runways? Well, the longest airport runway is Qamdo Bangda Airport in China at 5,500 meters. The shortest is Saba International Airport in the British Virgin Islands, at only 400 meters.
40. What does the underlined part “pay tribute to” in Paragraph 3 means? ______ A. Keep B. Watch C. Praise D. Show
41. What can we learn from the fourth paragraph? ________ A. Frankfurt Airport is bigger than Heathrow Airport. B. It’s hard to say which the world’s busiest airport is. C. The busiest airport should have the most passengers. D. The airport servicing the most flights in London.
42. According to the text, the Dubai World Central-AlMaktoum International Airport _________.
A. had been put into use.
B. has an area of 484 square miles.
C. had become the world’s largest airport. D. transported 160 million passengers in 2011.
C
Florida teen Felicia Frisco loves her cat, will. She plays with him, feeds him, and even sleeps with him every night.
Sounds like a normal cat, right? Not quite. Will is Bengal tiger.
Six in ten Americans own some type of pet --- a dog, a cat, or maybe a hamster. Such animals can live among humans. Will, however, is an “exotic pet.” In fact, as many as 18 million Americans own exotic pets, from monkeys to snakes to
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kangaroos.
Why would you want to own such an animal---especially one that could eat you? There are lots of reasons. Owning an exotic pet can be a way to express your personality. For some, these pets are status （身份）symbols --- a way to show off. But just look at Paris Hilton. In 2005, she raised a honey bear, a small mammal native to Central and South America. She liked it very much until one day it bit her so deeply that she had to go the hospital.
Luckily, Hilton made a full recovery. Exotic pets can attract their owners at any moment because they’re wild. They have instinct （本能）we can’t always predict or control. Some people say it’s cruel to remove animals from their natural habitats.
Or course, exotic pets, when cared for responsibly, can be wonderful company. As professional animal handlers, Felicia’s parents can give will a good life. But not everyone is so knowledgeable.
The fact is exotic pets are a lot of work and a lot of money. (Felicia’s parents spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on will every year.) As a result, many owners end up ignoring or even throwing away their animals.
Though there are the risks, may Americans are willing to raise an exotic pet.
As for Felicia and Will? Some experts say a tiger shouldn’t ever share a bed with a person. Zookeeper Jack Hanna compares it to sleeping with a bomb （炸弹）. But Felicia isn’t concerned. She says that raising Will is “kind of like raising a dog.” Yeah … kind of.
43. According to the text, exotic pets refer to those animals that ___________. A. are unusual. B. are endangered.
C. can protect humans. D. can live with people. 44. What can we learn from the text? ________________. A. No more than 50% of Americans own pets. B. Keeping pets can reduce teens’ pressure.
C. Paris Hilton gave up keeping her pet after she was hurt. D. Felicia’s parents look after her pet in a professional way.
45. How does zookeeper Jack Hanna feel about a tiger living with a person? _______ A. Worried B. Shocked C. Confused D. Disappointed 46. What does the author mainly discuss in this text? __________ A. Is it necessary to keep a pet? B. Should a tiger be your pet?
C. How should we take care of our pets? D. Should teens share a bed with their pets?
D
In 1862, Charles Darwin made a prediction --- a moth （蛾）with an 11-inch-long tongue lived on the island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
A friend had sent Darwin a plant called the Christmas Star orchid. It produced star-shaped flowers in December and grew only in the forests of Madagascar, near the east coast of Africa.
The key to Darwin’s prediction was a strange part of the plant, an 11-inch-long tube hanging from its flower. He could make his prediction just by looking at the strange flower because he knew how plants make seeds.
The pollinator （传粉者）, such as a bird, bee, or moth, visits flowers to drink the nectar, a sugary liquid. The flower holds the pollen near the nectar. While the animal is taking the nectar, the animal cannot avoid having pollen stick to its body. At the next flower, pollen comes off, and that second flower can make a new seed.
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